Grand Prize

$20,000 cash

First Runner Up

$10,000 cash

Second Runner Up

$5,000 cash

Fan Favorite

$1,000 cash

Step-by-Step Demo

The IBM Bluemix team has created a step-by-step Big Data for Social Good Example Demo and a video tutorial (below) to take you through the entire logistics & process of running Analytics for Hadoop (BigInsights) on IBM Bluemix.

Promotional Partners

Big Issues. Big Data. Big Solutions.

Big data exists in just about everything we use and do. It comes from phones, cars, roads, power lines, waterways, food crates, and innumerable other items you’d never think of as computers.

This data speaks volumes about our collective behavior and society – so let’s use it to do something incredible!

IBM invites developers and data enthusiasts to take a deep dive into real world civic issues using big data and IBM Bluemix’s Analytics for Hadoop service. Analyze one of our curated datasets or bring your own (provided it meets these requirements)! Use Hadoop and your data to create a clickable and interactive data visualization to highlight insights that you’ve found.

Want to compete, but feeling stuck identifying a dataset and relevant question?

We’ve got your back! To lighten the load, we’ve put together some datasets with question options - in case you’re not sure what data to use or what question to ask. Check them out!

Requirements

Applications must have been newly created by the participant after October 15, 2014.

Data Requirements: Your data visualization must analyze one or more datasets included in the curated list of datasets on the Data page OR meet the data size, content, and licensing requirements described on the Data page. The total size of the Datasets analyzed must be between 500MB - 7GB in size.

Supplemental Material: You must submit a demo video (hosted on YouTube, Vimeo, or Youku) that walks through the main functionality of the app via screencast or video. You must also submit a text description and at least one image/screenshot of your working app. Your text description and video should explain the insights gathered from the data and the process and method used in order to reach that insight, including the tools and algorithms used.

Testing: You must make your app available for testing by providing a link to access your web-hosted, public application on the “Website URL” field of the Enter a Submission form..

Availability: Applications must not be publicly available for purchase on an online store or website prior to the announcement of Challenge winners.

Judges

Steven MillerIBM

Steve BeierIBM

Shekhar RajvanshyIBM

Steven SitIBM

Anjul BhambriVice President, Big Data, IBM

Bob Hayes, PhDTCELab

Doug StephensRetail Prophet

Anand MahurkarFindability Sciences

Jake PorwayFounder and Executive Director, Datakind

Judging Criteria

Quality of Idea
Includes creativity, originality, and “wow” factor of the idea.

Implementation of Idea
Includes how well the idea was executed by the developer and the extent to which IBM's Analytics for Hadoop service was utilized.

Potential Impact
Includes the relevance and potential social impact of the civic insights gathered.